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BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS
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  • 1. "Year of the Twist", iUniverse (story collection) (6/01)
  • 2. "the Other secret house", Lockout Press (poem chapbook) (7/01)
  • 3. "insomnia f/x", truefire.com (poem e-chapbook) (9/01)

SCREENPLAYS
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  1. "The Siberians", short film: 8 minute comedy (Actors Playground) (8/04)
  2. "Just Relax!", short film: 9 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (6/04)
  3. "Tech Support Blues", short film: 9 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (4/04)
  4. "Ms. North", short film: 7 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (3/04)
  5. "Psyched Out", short film: 12 minute dark comedy (Actors Playground) (2/04)
  6. "Voice of the Dead", short film: 25 minute ghost story (Phillips Films) (12/03)
  7. "Mr. Graves", short film: 10 minute paranoid fantasy (Actors Playground) (8/03)
  8. "Into the Dead Room", 20 minute student film (directed by Jeff Branch) (2/03)
  9. "Arthur: the King, the Sword, the Legend", Corel Corp (CD-ROM adventure game, 4 hours) (9/98)
  10. "The Adventures of Shrimp E. Shrimp", SCV Systems (children's game, 15 minutes) (5/97)
    NONFICTIONS
    ===========
      • The TIPS AGAIN Series:
      • 1. "The Dreaded Outline" in The Creative Urge (2/87)
      • 2. "Pacing Yourself" in The Creative Urge (6/87)
      • 3. "The Value of Sporadic Thought" in The Creative Urge (8/87)
      • 4. "The Moebius Strip Genre Game" in The Creative Urge (12/87)
      • 5. "The Writer/Editor Creature" in The Creative Urge (7/88)
      • The DARK WINDOWS Series:
      • 1. "A Peel Crazy Window" in Nightmare Express (5/87)
      • 2. "A Window on Windows" in Nightmare Express (8/87)
      • 3. "A Window on Many Legs" in Nightmare Express (11/87)
      • 4. "A Window on Hands" in Nightmare Express (11/88)
      • Gaming Articles:
      • 1. "Almost Instant Towns" in DragonScroll, July 1999
      • 2. "Goethe" in GURPS Who's Who 2 (Steve Jackson Games), 1999
      • 3. "Almost Instant Motivation" in Mystic Ages, Sep 2001
      • Science Articles:
      • 1. "The Fermat Debate: Some History" in Mindsparks v1n3 (12/93)
      • Misc:
      • 1. "Out of the Closet" in Lil Demon Review #1 (11/87)
      • 2. "Starships & Moutain Hollows: A Profile of Bobby Warner" in The Creative Urge (4/88)

    EDITOR/PUBLISHER
    ==== == ====
    I was editor and publisher of the following magazine issues:
    • 1- SYCOPHANT #1, publ 9/86, 300 sold
    • 2- SYCOPHANT #2, publ 1/87, 84 sold
    • 3- ALPHA ADVENTURES #15, publ 2/87, 150 sold
    • 4- SYCOPHANT #3, publ 6/87, 400 sold
    • 5- ALPHA ADVENTURES #16, publ 7/87, 200 sold
    • 6- SYCOPHANT #4, publ 10/87, 300 sold
    • 7- ALPHA ADVENTURES #17, publ 5/88, 250 sold
    • 8- ALPHA ADVENTURES #18, publ 7/88, 250 sold
    TOTAL copies sold = approx 2000
    TOTAL mss read (and so forth) = approx 3300
    QUIT the publications, 12/89 to get my own work done.
    • 9- ALPHADRIVE 001, publ 12/97
    • 10- ALPHADRIVE 002, publ 5/98
    • 11- ALPHADRIVE 003, publ 4/99
    QUIT the publications, 6/99 to get my own work done. I think I learned my lesson this time.
    During these ventures, I published works by Kevin J. Anderson,
    Doug Beason, Dean Wesley Smith, J.N.Williamson, Bruce Boston,
    and many more.
    ARTWORKS
    ========
    • 1. "The Twist" in Not One Of Us (10/86)
    • 2. "Fiberface" in Doppelganger #9 (11/88)
    • 3. "Life & Death" in Doppelganger #9 (11/88)
    • 4. "A Signal of Change" in Scavenger's Scrapbook 1987
    • 5. "A Signal of Change" in Golden Isis (Fall/86)
    • 6. "Greetings" in Golden Isis (Fall/86)
    • 7. "Green Eyes" in 1130 Club #4/5 (12/86)
    • 8. "Squirrel #117" in Portents #2 (1/87)
    • 9. "Sleepers" in Dark Starr (8/87)
    • 10. "The Art of Acting" in Pink Chameleon #4 (1988?)
    • 11. "Data Skies" in Pink Chameleon #4 (1988?)
    • 12. "Balloons" in Pink Chameleon #4 (1988?)
    • 13. "Airlock Humor" in Dark Starr (3/87, back cover)
    • 14. "American Koan" in Alternative Fiction #3 (4/87)
    • 15. "Coming Home" in Convergent Realities #6 (4/87)
    • 16. "Coasting" in Convergent Realities #6 (4/87)
    • 17. "Totem" in Dark Starr (12/87)
    • 18. "Tracks" in Panoply #2 (10/87)
    • 19. "The Voyager" in Other Worlds #1 (4/88, front cover)
    • 20. "Butcher Knife" in Terror Time Again (1988)
    • 21. "Better Luck in the Next Life" in New Word #3 (12/87)
    • 22. "Thin Man" in New Word #3 (12/87)
    • 23. "Mutants" in Dreams & Nightmares (1989?)
    • 24. "Arachne" in Dreams & Nightmares (1989?)
    • 25. "Flamework" in Dreams & Nightmares (1989?)
    • 26. "Keeping Secrets" in Dark Starr (6/88)
    • 27. "Patience" in Dark Starr (8/88)
    • 28. "Spaces" in Dark Starr (8/88)
    • 29. "Port of Call" in Other Worlds #2 (12/88)
    • 30. "Mutation" in Other Worlds #2 (12/88)
    • 31. "Gargoyle" in SPWAO Newsletter (10/88)
    • 32. "skeletal thing" in SPWAO Newsletter (10/88)
    • 33. "untitled" in SPWAO Newsletter v10n6 (12/88)
    • 34. "Taking Apart the City" in Starsong #7 (3/89)
    • 35. "First of Trees" in Xizquil #8 (9/92, front cover)
    • 36. "Burning Down the House" cover art for the Other secret house (7/01)
    • 37. "petroglyph mooses", one-panel cartoon accepted by Futures #8 (2/02)
    • 38. "hi mom", one-panel cartoon in Futures #8 (2/02)
    • 39. "garden pests", one-panel cartoon in Futures #8 (2/02)
    • 40. "sky trees", (with Marge Simon) cover art for Star*Line #28.1 (1/05)
    GRAPHICS FOR SOFTWARE
    ======
  11. 1. 95 Animated Cursors & 95 Icons for Windows 95, DSR, 11/95 (some animated cursors)
  12. 2. 365 Days of Off-the-Wallpaper, DigiDay, 1/96 (a few wallpaper patterns)
  13. 3. DayBrowser (1.0), scv systems, 10/96 (1.1: 2/97)(all icons & splash image)
  14. 4. ZipAdvisor (1.0), scv systems, 2/97 (1.2: 5/98) (all icons & splash image)
  15. 5. ClipBar (1.0), scv systems, 3/97 (1.1: 2/98) (all icons & splash image)
  16. 6. Delphi CodeBar (1.0), scv systems, 4/97 (all icons & splash image)
  17. 7. WinRuler (1.0), scv systems, 12/97 (design, all icons & splash image)
  18. 8. NGBuilder (1.0), philatelic.com, 7/98 (design, all icons & splash image)
  19. 9. AlbumPager (1.0), scv systems, 12/98 (design, all icons & splash image)
  20. 10. Space Tycoon, Komodoware [AOL], 2/95 (design, icons & some interface graphics)
  21. 11. Gerbil Wars, freeware, 5/95; online edition 11/97 (design, all graphics)
  22. 12. Splatt!, Komodoware/WizTech, 8/95 (some incidental graphics)
  23. 13. ARTHUR: The King, the Sword, the Legend: Corel Corp (game design, graphic & video fixes)
  24. 14. Stamp Tycoon, scv systems 7/96 (design, all graphics)
  25. 15. The Adventure of Shrimp E. Shrimp, scv systems 5/97 (design, backgrounds, some character animations)
  26. 16. Beat the House 2, Interplay/Cetasoft 11/97 (decks of cards, incidental graphics)
  27. 17. Caesar's Palace Video Poker, Interplay/Cetasoft 2/98 (decks of cards, incidental graphics)
  28. 18. Caesar's Palace Imperial Slots, Interplay/Cetasoft 9/98 (graphics fixes, incidental graphics)
    GRAPHICS FOR WEB SITES
    ======

    SOFTWARE MANUALS + DOCUMENTATION
    ===========
    • 1. OSHA Training Manager (Windows v1.1), CSI, 2/94
    • 2. OSHA Training Manager (DOS v1.0), CSI, 3/94
    • 3. EHS Training Director (v2.0), EHS Software, 10/94
    • 4. EHS Training Reference Guide, EHS Software, 11/94
    • 5. EHS Training Regs, EHS Software, 12/94
    • 7. DayBrowser (1.0), scv systems, 10/96 (1.1: 2/97)
    • 8. ZipAdvisor (1.0), scv systems, 2/97 (1.2: 5/98)
    • 9. ClipBar (1.0), scv systems, 3/97 (1.1: 2/98)
    • 10. Delphi CodeBar (1.0), scv systems, 4/97
    • 11. WinRuler (1.0), scv systems, 12/97
    • 12. Newsgroup Builder (1.0), philatelic.com, 7/98
    • 13. AlbumPager (1.0), scv systems, 12/98
    • 14. Space Tycoon, Komodoware [AOL], 2/95
    • 15. Stamp Tycoon, scv systems 7/96
    • 16. Caesar's Palace Imperial Slots, Interplay/Cetasoft 9/98

    SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING / DESIGN
    ========
    See my software credits page for details.
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